NJ court to decide if judge can double as comedian

SOUTH HACKENSACK (AP) — Did you hear the one about the judge who moonlights as a stand-up comic?

It’s no joke. And this week New Jersey’s Supreme Court is going to begin the process of deciding whether Vince Sicari can do both or has to give one up.

Sicari has carved out a career as a stand-up comic, appearing on network television and as a warm-up on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.”

He’s also a municipal judge in South Hackensack.

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The Record of Woodland Park reports a state ethics board first recommended in 2008 that Sicari quit his comedy work. It has expressed concern over Sicari’s appearances on an ABC reality show in which he depicted several racist or homophobic characters.